Tina’s post on March 4th struck me … it was the third time in a short space of time I heard the concept … “there is always another way.”

It was, in fact, what began my recent all-consuming adventure into the world of hardwood flooring! The carpet throughout the house was very ‘tired looking,’ and, if we were ever to market this home, something needed to be done.

My mind said new carpet was the way to keep costs in line, but if I dig a little deeper I also find (not too far from the surface) the habitual part of me was wanting the keep things more or less ‘the same’ ‘the same’ … ‘the same old.’ New carpet, yes, and a different color, of course, but … essentially the same old concept (rut?).

I was driving our son to the airport after a wonderful visit with him. On the way there, we had enough time to stop briefly at Home Depot to look at carpet. Or so I thought. As I stood looking at the same old carpet samples he glanced the other direction.

“Look Mom … there is hardwood for the same price as carpet.”

“Whaaaaaaaat?” I said. And there began the transformational journey,  both of our home and of me.

As we sat having a quick lunch before heading off to the airport, my son said to me, “There is always another way, Mom.”

How important are those words … how important is that concept to live in each and every moment of our precious lives?

Life can sometimes seem like a series of dead ends … or at least like a series of re-runs of the same old episodes! Yet, as Reverend Michael Beckwith says … we are creative geniuses and releasing the life energy of creativity into the Universe is our natural joy and our birthright! (if we are an integral aspect of Creation and Creator that shouldn’t come as a surprise to us, right?)

And so, if we choose to plod on and on and on … the same old road, even though it is hot, and dusty, and is burning our feet … without even glancing left or right above or beneath us at another way … we are denying our Creative Spirit an opportunity to show us another way to explore and experience … ( I might add, another fun-filled, glorious and one-step-above way to that which we currently trod).

Back to the new hardwood floors. Whether we stay or go, this home is now forever graced with beautiful gleaming wooden floors gifted from nature, floors that reflect on their surface, as sunlight pours through the windows,  the grace-full movement of the trees outside dancing with the wind … a lasting and precious joy that would never have been experienced without the courage … and encouragement … to embrace “another way!”

So, here is to our Children, to what they teach us and to the new and exciting paths upon which they lead us … and here’s to Tina’s ever-growing list of  other ways and all she inspires in us … and … here’s to all who choose to venture out into the vast unlimitedness of Life to explore and embrace another way … no matter how large or small the difference … just for fun!

Shared with You with LOVE … Beverly …

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Got this email from my mom this morning. Yesterday, we met for lunch at Cracker Barrel on her‘way’ back from Canton, where she goes to get wood crosses to make her amazing cross creations. She’s an artist at heart and I love that I grew up with that influence. We’ve been SEARCHING for MONTHS for the new magazine, Where Women Create, as we positively are ADDICTED to certain artists! Sally Jean, Mary Jane Butters, Jo Packham, and others. Not exactly sure WHY we were searching since it seems it is everywhere now that I spied the first two issues at one of my ab-fab-fav stores in McKinney – 120! I want to share my mom’s sweet, practical observation… and it is so fitting because we talked about the power of a dream on Queen of Dreams Radio last night, and in the first two issues of this AMAZING magazine, Jo Packham wrote tremendously inspiring letters about CREATING YOUR OWN DREAM.

Thank you for finding the Where Women Create books I am about to go blind reading them.  How about that Sally Jean and Mary Jane Butters….the message they all seem to have isn’t really new though is it?    Dream it and get up and do it!!    I’m going to e-mail them and ask how quick they can get K.C. Willis in this magazine….life will be perfect then. – LOVE MOM

One of the things I love most about my mom is she doesn’t ‘over think’ things. She’s simple. It’s the simple things that make her happiest. Like a magazine, full of inspirational art and musings…and seeing the truth behind it all.

Thanks Mom!

My first experience with a horse was scary. Sitting on this remarkable creature, I felt ill-equipped to ‘control’ this massive beast underneath me. Sure enough, barely a few hundred yards down the road, the horse started side-stepping down into the ravine that was at least four or five feet below the gravel road. My friend Shelli, who grew up around horses stayed calm saying, “Just lead him up to the road again.” I was terrified of falling off, and it seemed that was all I could focus on. I just wanted OFF that horse. I ended up somehow directing him up to the road and then immediately got off so I could be ‘safe.’

Now… nearly 30 years later, I see that moment as a lesson in trust. Last week, on the show, we talked about finding the Truth within. Trust is a big part of finding the Truth. That horse knew I didn’t trust him, and he showed me as much.

In the September 2006 Cowboys & Indians magazine (am doing some collage art and was looking for some cool images in a stack of mags mom gave me), I read an article by Wolf Schneider called Saving the Mustangs. Did you know there are about 32,000 wild mustangs just in the southwest?

As I wondered about trust and how we can build trust within ourselves and also in God (yes, I wonder about such stuff while doing projects), I found this article about horses and how people ‘tame’ wild horses. Sharron Evans, the horse owner chronicled in the article says… “It’s speaking their language. No roping, no force. It’s all meant to be the horse’s choice while still establishing your dominance.” It struck me that our relationship with God can be like that. God shows us… guides us… and yet it is our choice what we choose.

Then Evans says in response to the question, ‘How much harder is it than training any other horse?’ “It starts off slower than with a domestic horse. But you take your time and learn your stuff, and once the horse trusts you, it goes faster than with a domestic horse. Because they’ve already given you their trust, now it’s just a matter of communication for them to know what it is you want.” This reminded me of trusting fully… the more fully we trust, the faster our connection with the Creator, and the easier things go. God supports us in what we are creating, and in the process we gain the opportunity to trust more and more.

I woke up this morning with this quote in my mind. Gandhi shared this with the world so long ago, and I wondered why I woke up with it. Maybe it was because last night, while meditating right before going to sleep, I asked about how I could be myself and help others be themselves, too.

For a long time I’ve been aware of this feeling of wanting to ‘fit in’ somewhere, but never feeling like anything quite fit. In some groups it has felt distinct… like there was an invisible barrier up, and in others it just didn’t feel right.

I thought of people I know who share this same sense. Not in a bad way, as in “I don’t belong” or “You don’t belong here” … more in a way of… “Where do I belong?”

I am happy where I am, happy with my life, and yet I sense there’s a community out there to which I am gravitating toward. In the last couple of months it has felt like the flood gates have opened for souls who are a ‘fit.’ The conversations are easy… the time flies… the energy flows. It feels good.

So… my wondering today… What change do I wish to see in the world? Hmmm….good question.

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